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https://presidentwilson.org/files/original/92f3a195f4b3d79e0daeb7e356151754.pdf
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Scoville Clark Collection
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1913
Description
An account of the resource
Letters and invitations from Clark relating to the wedding of Jessie Wilson to Francis B. Sayre Jr. in 1913 at the White House. Clark was a groomsman.
Publisher
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Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Format
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1 box
Language
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English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Manuscript Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1885-1972
Sayre, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, 1887-1933
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Contributor
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Brianna Eagle
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Clark, Dewitt Scoville, Jr.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
MS100023
Archival Finding Aid
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Numeric
Date
99999999
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Scoville Clark Collection Finding Aid
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1913-1914
Description
An account of the resource
Letters and invitations involved in the Sayre wedding.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Cataloging of archival materials
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
pdf file
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Archival Finding Aid
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
FA100023
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Brianna Eagle
Language
A language of the resource
English
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Emma Diduch
EAD Archive
The Encoded Archival Description is a common standard used to describe collections of small pieces and to create hierarchical and structured finding aids.
Arrangement
Information on how the described materials have been subdivided into smaller units.
The collection is arranged in four folders of letters to and from Clark, divided by their sender.
Box 1
Folder 1: contains the formal invitation to the wedding of Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Francis B. Sayre, Jr.
Folder 2: contains letters from Jessie Woodrow Wilson in response to Clark's congratulations on her engagement in 1913 and condolences on her mother's death in 1914
Folder 3: contains another invitation to the rehearsal dinner aboard the USS Mayflower and a full account of the wedding in a letter from Clark to his sister
Folder 4: contains the letters from Francis B. Sayre, Jr. to Clark announcing his engagement to Jessie, inviting Clark to the wedding, and asking him to be an usher.
Biography or History
A concise essay or chronology that places the archival materials in context by providing information about their creator(s).
Dewitt Scoville Clark, Jr. was a doctor living in Salem, Massachusetts at the time of the wedding of Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Francis B. Sayre, Jr. As an old friend of the groom, Clark was asked to be an usher for the wedding at the White House on November 25, 1913.
Level
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folder
Scope and Content
A prose statement summarizing the range and topical coverage of the described materials.
The first folder contains the formal invitation to the wedding of Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Francis B. Sayre, Jr. The second folder contains letters from Jessie Wilson in response to Clark's congratulations on her engagement in 1913 and condolences on her mother's death in 1914. The third folder contains another invitation to the rehearsal dinner aboard the USS Mayflower and a full account of the wedding in a letter from Clark to his sister. The final folder contains the letters from Francis Sayre to Clark revealing his engagement to Jessie, inviting Clark to the wedding, and asking him to be an usher.